Twenty-five years on

2026-02-16 - 03:15

A temple caretaker wipes statues of the Sea Goddess and companion figures that are hundreds of years old on Feb. 11, 2026, at the prayer altar of Bodhisatva Karaniya Metta Vihara on Jl. Sultan Muhammad in Pontianak, West Kalimantan. The temple, also known as the Three Deities Temple and believed to have been established before 1822, is among Pontianak’s cultural heritage sites and is being prepared ahead of the 2026 Lunar New Year.